Hi Justin,
Thanks for the prompt solution. I copied the below code in a file called
abc.js & included it in the calling program. But, I'm getting error in IE 6.
It works fine in Firefox.
It gives me error in IE: Expected identifier, string or numer
Can you please help me?
Thanks!
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Justin Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> You do not want to alter the source code of scriptaculous, or at least
> I would not recommend it since whenever you update your library to a
> newer version you will lose those changes. You need to *extend* those
> classes/modules in a separate JS file that is included after the
> controls.js file is included.
>
> I am not able to spend a lot of time helping you with code, but I can
> offer some UNTESTED stuff. Note that I am using Function#wrap
> (http://prototypejs.org/api/function/wrap) and Object#extend
> (http://prototypejs.org/api/object/extend) to help. Typically this
> code would go in your main application JS file or a overrides JS file.
>
> Autocompleter.Base.prototype.baseInitialize =
> Autocompleter.Base.prototype.baseInitialize.wrap(function(){
> var args = $A(arguments), proceed = args.shift();
>
> // call the original baseInitialize method with any passed in arguments
> proceed.apply(this, args);
> // attach a mouseup listener, a brute-force way to observe for a
> mouse copy/paste event
> Event.observe(this.element, 'mouseup',
> this.onKeyPress.bindAsEventListener(this));
> });
>
> Autocompleter.Base.addMethods({
> getToken: function() {
> var bounds = this.getTokenBounds();
> // same code as the original getToken method except we're not
> calling strip() on the string
> return this.element.value.substring(bounds[0], bounds[1]);
> },
> });
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 12:50 PM, Jack D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Will there be any impact on any other part of the autocompleter? I
> mean
> > what would be the side efftect of the above 2 soluns?
>
> The side effect of the additional observer is it will fire when *ANY*
> mouseup event is fired whenever the autocompleter input control has
> focus.
>
> The side effect of overriding the getToken method is that literally
> whatever is input into the autocompleter control will be passed
> through to the server. Leading spaces, trailing spaces, etc...
>
> -justin
>
> >
>
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